India Permits Iranian Warship to Dock in Kochi as U.S. Strikes Another Vessel Off Sri Lanka
India allowed the Iranian amphibious vessel Lavan to berth at the southern port of Kochi following an urgent request from Tehran, a government source said, on the same day a U.S. submarine struck the Iranian frigate Dena off Sri Lanka. Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar described the decision as driven by humanitarian considerations rather th…